Vacant lot beside railroad tracks under E. Congress
Grab
Description
Vacant lot between railroad cut and brick building, parcel 38, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Larned/Congress, site 3-S-1. Metal pipe fence along lot; metal lamps project from two-story brick building over billboard. Handwritten on front: "Par. 38, vac. lot W. of R.R. strip on Congress, 9-27-51."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003509
- Subject:
- Vacant lands--Michigan--Detroit
- Railroad tracks--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1951-09-27
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 21
- Content Note:
- Part of a collection that contains condemnation files, photographs, blueprints and descriptions of slum clearance housing parcels for the City of Detroit. Of particular note are areas which included the neighborhoods known as Paradise Valley, Black Bottom, Corktown and the Jeffries Housing Project.
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.